All
of Eleven'sAvantgardedogwas recorded
at11AD,
A studio in Johannes and Shneider's house in L.A.'s Fairfax
District. Johannes approached A&M
with the idea of financing such a set-up as an alternative to the far more
costly and creatively stifling process of cutting a record in a formal studio
situation.

We
went to the label and said,
We can do this, Johannes
says.I designed a studio in my head from researching
it ............the easiest thing ............ that would yield the best
results. Once we got the OK to buy all this gear, We
bought the gear on Tuesday, On Wednesday we were recording. I
plugged it in, We
put the boxes in the garage, We started to
work. Nobody
could believe it.

11ADwas also employed to cut ex-Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell's
1999 solo debut for A&M,Euphoria Morning.Cornell, Johannes, and Shneider
co-produced the album, which also included several songs co-written by the
Elevenmembers
Eleven was also featured as the core of the back-up band. Cornell,
Schneider& Johannes have been members of
a mutual admiration society since the '80s, when Cornell and his Soundgarden
mate Kim Thayil became What
Is Thisfans as college radio DJs in Seattle.

Shneider and Johannes were floored by an early
tape of Soundgarden cut before the band was signed to A&M. Eleven wound
up opening forSoundgardenon
several U.S. and European tours; Shneider played on Soundgarden's hit
album "Superunknown"; and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron filled in
on sessions for Eleven's "Thunk"
after Irons quit.

Following
the dissolution ofSoundgarden, Chris, Alain
& Natasha collaborated on a song for the film Great
ExpectationsThe recording was done at11AD. Cornell was
scheduled to make his solo album with a producer who ended up dropping out of
the project at the last minute.

"Natasha
told Chris, 'You're on a roll now, why don't you come down here? Let's start
recording and see what happens.'"

Shneider adds, "He called back
within two days, and said, 'I'm coming down, the gear is coming. I've
always dreamt of making an album with you guys... maybe now this is the time.'